George Stroumboulopoulos's new weekly late night show
Stroumboulopoulos debuted on CNN this past weekend. Filmed before a live show in Los Angeles, the show varies slightly from his current spot on CBC's the
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, shifting the focus instead to Hollywood stars and pop culture icons.
CNN interviewed the Canadian broadcaster about his new show and how it differs from what he's done here in Canada, most notably in Toronto via his previous stints as a MuchMusic VJ and radio broadcaster. They also asked him about how he got to where he is today.
Growing up in Toronto, Stroumboulopoulos's uncle often read newspapers with him and took him to see films.
"My family was really into that so we just talked about what was going on in the world and somehow I ended up in this job," Stroumboulopoulos says of his roots in Toronto.
"It's a super immigrant family that I'm a part of, so there's a lot of differences of opinions and a lot of connection, assimilation, trying to hold onto your own culture, your own identity. All of those things were sort of happening in my family and in my neighborhood as I was growing up. It was a very ethnically diverse neighborhood and I think growing up in that environment helped me be a curious person. Helped me want to learn different cultures and different ways of looking at the world."
CNN asks a few stereotypical questions about Canada before launching into the more interesting question of Strombo's plans to include Canadian guests.
"You can't do an interview show with celebrities or others without having a whole bunch of Canadiana because there's SO MANY OF US down here," he says. "There's so many of us! Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Ellen Page, Martin Short, Howie Mandel. You start going down that list - CNN's Ashleigh Banfield. Invariably you will come across them. So, yes, there will be some of that. The Canadiana just will come out in its own way - in its natural way."
His first show featured many of these Canadians including Martin Short and Keanu Reeves.
Stroumboulopoulos airs on CNN Fridays at 11 p.m. EST.
Read the full interview
here.
Original Source: CNN